Brake getting hot

[2mJps]

The Left rear brake on my 06 liberty is getting hot. I smelled a hot brake about 3 weeks ago. The caliper moves smooth and easy. The liberty had been seating and the rotor wasnt the best so i replaced it for 100 miles its been ok .I hadnt drove it for a week drove it to town got home smelled hot brake agin. I guess i will replace the hose i hate to throw money at it hopping i will figure it out.

 

[jeepop]

How do the parking brake pads look on the inside of the rotor? Could they be seized or the spring broke causing friction?

 

[2mJps]

Its not the parking Brake.

 

[DadOSix]

The Left rear brake on my 06 liberty is getting hot. I smelled a hot brake about 3 weeks ago. The caliper moves smooth and easy. The liberty had been seating and the rotor wasnt the best so i replaced it for 100 miles its been ok .I hadnt drove it for a week drove it to town got home smelled hot brake agin. I guess i will replace the hose i hate to throw money at it hopping i will figure it out.

Hose sounds like the next step, since you have already determined that the caliper slides freely and smoothly.

Perhaps the E/B shoes are dragging, but looks like youi have addressed that.

Lube in the rear axle? Any leaking, etc? Might generate extra heat, but I doubt that would be isolated to symptoms on one side only.

 

[The gov]

The Left rear brake on my 06 liberty is getting hot. I smelled a hot brake about 3 weeks ago. The caliper moves smooth and easy. The liberty had been seating and the rotor wasnt the best so i replaced it for 100 miles its been ok .I hadnt drove it for a week drove it to town got home smelled hot brake agin. I guess i will replace the hose i hate to throw money at it hopping i will figure it out.

I have ran into this issue a time or two and now replace hoses at a three year interval, brake hoses get taken for granted unfortunately and are as important as any other brake component, I have seen some last 15 years but would you trust a 15 year old tire? don't think so, me either...
Best of luck with your repair

 

[2mJps]

I replaced the hose and have drove it around 500 miles every thing was ok till to day i was about 4 miles from home went down a 1/8 mile hill had to stop at the bottom took back off up anther hill i thought this thing isnt running right. It never crossed my mind but when i got home i smelled it. I guess tomorrow i will get a caliper.

 

[Ksat]

I had the same problem, but on the right rear. I posted the problem on here and someone mentioned even a freely sliding piston in the caliper can get hung up. Just to save myself possible extra work later on, I replaced both the hose and the caliper on that side at the same time and the problem went away. Good luck.